Went to the devil : a Yankee whaler in the slave trade /

"Edward Davoll was a respected New Bedford whaling captain in an industry at its peak in the 1850s. But mid-career, disillusioned with whaling, desperately lonely at sea, and experiencing financial problems, he turned to the slave trade, with disastrous results. Why would a man of good reputati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Connors, Anthony J. (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Amherst : Bright Leaf, an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvpbnp74